Artifacts, should i be worried?

[bomberblyat]

Hi!

 

So ive seen couple artifacts lately on my screen, my gpu is Radeon R9 270X Gigabyte 4GB OC Edition. Should i be worried about them? is my gpu about to die?

there's no high temps.

ive heard that artifacts can be caused because OC.

Any kind of reply is appreciated

[bomberblyat]

also this could possibly be DRIVER issue i think

[Energycore]

8 minutes ago, bomberblyat said:

ive heard that artifacts can be caused because OC.

If you have run your card overclocked for a long time and only now artifacts are showing up, you should go back to stock settings and see if that helps. Clean up your drivers as well to make sure (use Display Driver Uninstaller in safe mode, then reinstall your drivers).

 

If the artifacts go away after reverting your overclock, you're in luck; that's a sign of GPU aging that it doesn't overclock as far. Think of it like an athlete in their 40s-50s. You can still OC, but you'll need more voltage for the same clocks.

 

If you still get them while stock / after reinstalling drivers, you might be in trouble.

[bomberblyat]

8 minutes ago, Energycore said:

If you have run your card overclocked for a long time and only now artifacts are showing up, you should go back to stock settings and see if that helps. Clean up your drivers as well to make sure (use Display Driver Uninstaller in safe mode, then reinstall your drivers).

 

If the artifacts go away after reverting your overclock, you're in luck; that's a sign of GPU aging that it doesn't overclock as far. Think of it like an athlete in their 40s-50s. You can still OC, but you'll need more voltage for the same clocks.

 

If you still get them while stock / after reinstalling drivers, you might be in trouble.

Is there any place to see stock clocks for r9 270x?

[Energycore]

Just now, bomberblyat said:

Is there any place to see stock clocks for r9 270x?

Did you overclock? If you did, fire up MSI afterburner, or whatever program you used, and there should be a reset button. Press that for a quick reset.

[bomberblyat]

Just now, Energycore said:

Did you overclock? If you did, fire up MSI afterburner, or whatever program you used, and there should be a reset button. Press that for a quick reset.

It was oc edition so it was already clocked, i found site for stock clocks

[Energycore]

Just now, bomberblyat said:

It was oc edition so it was already clocked, i found site for stock clocks

Ahh gotcha.

 

If you didn't manually OC, then that's a problem. That might mean an imminent GPU death.

 

You should reseat it though, to make sure. Take it off your computer (unplug it first), put it back in. See if that helps. And do try to take the clocks further down until you're not getting the artifacts.

 

Try the memory clocks as well.

[bomberblyat]

1 hour ago, Energycore said:

Ahh gotcha.

 

If you didn't manually OC, then that's a problem. That might mean an imminent GPU death.

 

You should reseat it though, to make sure. Take it off your computer (unplug it first), put it back in. See if that helps. And do try to take the clocks further down until you're not getting the artifacts.

 

Try the memory clocks as well.

Alright, i will reseat it, but i think its most likely driver issue, because this started happening after downloading amd's latest drivers.